Label-holder



N0. 6|6.3l2. I Patented Dec. 20, I898. J. R. GRINSFELDER.

LABEL HOLDER.

(Application filed June 10, 1897.)

(No Model.)

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JOSEPH R. GRINSFELDER, OF SPOKANE, WASHINGTON.

LABEL-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 616,312, dated December20, 1898. Application filed June 10, 1897. Serial No. 640,139. (Nomodel.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I,JosEPH R. GRINSFELDER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at S pokane, in the county of Spokane and State ofWashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inLabel-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inlabel-holders of that class designed to be applied to a box and 0011-sisting of a sheet-metal device having jaws to engage the edge of a boxand a portion to hold a label; and the novelty resides in the peculiarconstruction of the holder, all as more fully hereinafter described,shown in the drawings, and then particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of acigar-box with the cover thrown back upon the rear side of the box tohold the same in an inclined position and showing my invention appliedthereto, and Fig. 2 a perspective view of the complete device asdetached from the box.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in both figures of thedrawings.

My improved device is formed of a single piece of suitable sheet metal;and it consists of two downwardly-projecting arms or members A A,arranged at right angles to the sustaining cross piece B and formedintegral therewith in such manner as to provide the necessary spacebetween the two arms to accommodate the parts of the box to. be clampedor held therein. Projecting upwardly at a suitable angle from the lowerend of the arm A, and also formed integral therewith,is provided an armO, which is slotted, as shown at c, to receive and hold the lower edgeof a display card or label.

The slitted portions formed at the upper end of the arm 0 are preferablylongitudinally struck up from the blank of metal and are outwardly andupwardly bent in a plane parallel with the upturned arm O, leaving aslight space intervening between the latter and the said slittedportions.

In the operation of my invention the lid or cover D of the box or case Eis thrown back against the rear side of the said box or case and thearms A A of the clip or holder slipped into position over the edges ofthe same, as shown, to maintain and hold the box at an angle to exhibitthe contents and render them readily accessible, the display or pricecard being easily adjusted in position within the slotted portion of thearm 0, as fully shown in Fig. 1.

From the foregoing description it will be observed that the device iscapable of ready attachment and combines inits construction a highdegree of simplicity, cheapness, and general efficiency for the purposecontemplated.

It is deemed important that the arm 0 extend at such an angle from therearmost arm A that it will stand vertically when the holder isappliedto a box in an inclined position and the label thus heldperpendicularly, so that it can be more readily seen.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useful is-As an improved article of manufacture the label-holder herein describedthe same being formed of a single piece of sheet metal bent to formparallel arms A and A and the rightangled connecting portion B at theupper ends thereof and an arm G extending from the lower end of therearmost arm A at an acute angle thereto and its upper free end slittedvertically to form spring portions for holding a label, with the centerspring portion bent forward and thence parallel with the side springportions to form vertical labelholding arms whereby the parallel armsmay be made to engage over the upper edge of a box and its hinged coverwith the latter turned back and the box held in an inclined positionJOSEPH R. GBINSFELDER.

WVitnesses:

J. H. FRIEDLANDER, JOHN HONUEGE.

